by Ken Winston Caine

The most powerful form of meditation that you can practice is both the easiest and the most difficult.

What I mean by that paradox is that this meditation is easy to do and difficult to sustain.

This form of meditation is easy to practice in part because you can do it anywhere at any time in any situation. It doesn’t require quiet, aloneness, fixation on a sound or mantra or image or any particular breathwork, or blanking of the mind.

It is a powerful meditation in that its results are felt and evidenced immediately, and not only by you, but by others with whom you interact.

This powerful meditation is the practice of presence. The practice of being and acting fully present in the current moment. Holding your presence fully in the now.

Mastering this meditation is a 5-step process. To engage in this meditation practice, simply: (more…)

Why me?

Why again?

Do you find yourself asking variations of those questions?

Then you’ll appreciate that Shlomo Vaknin has the answer. Really. And you can see it here: (more…)

“The weird thing about dreams is that you have to stay awake to make them come true.”
– Georgia Nichols

So….

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by ken winston caine

Thirty-four years ago I read Og Mandino’s The Greatest Salesman in the World. I’m reading it again. And wow.

I had forgotten how transformative are the lessons in its 10 “secret” scrolls.

Let me share a brief excerpt from Secret Scroll II. It reveals a simple shift that will double your success through invoking the healing power of love.

(Pardon the male pronouns — no overt sexism was intended, this is how English composition was taught and practiced when this was written.)

“I will greet this day with love in my heart.

“…I will love all manners of men for each has

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Will I use this situation as a catalyst to grow and evolve or will I use it to beat myself up?
–Debbie Ford
The Right Questions, HarperCollins, 2004

Will this choice add to my lifeforce or will it rob me of my energy?
–Debbie Ford
The Right Questions, HarperCollins, 2004

Love how this looks!

Check out the Aptera — a hot, green electric hybrid three-wheeler nearing production in Carlsbad, Calif.

Here’s a larger photo of the airplane-like, environmentally sensible, alternative-fuel Aptera. And here it is from a side view.

The designer says there’s room inside for a surfboard. And it’s built to run at freeway speeds. Perfect California beach town car.

Projected price? $30k. And there’s a waiting list.
–kwc

Am I looking for what’s right or am I looking for what’s wrong?
–Debbie Ford
The Right Questions, HarperCollins, 2004

by ken winston caine

Reliable, detailed monographs on medicinal herbs are available free, online, from the North Carolina Consortium on Natural Medicines.

They come in three flavors:

1. For health professionals.

2. For everyone else.

3. For growers.

You can access any of them.

They are limited to herbs that can be grown in North Carolina — so you won’t find an extensive list of medicinal herbs here. But the information you will find is very thorough and well vetted.

Find them here: (more…)